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Hundreds of stranded travellers spent Christmas morning in European airport terminals after sleeping on camp beds overnight as icy weather grounded flights out of Paris and Brussels.
 
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Bethlehem hosted a record number of pilgrims this Christmas, Palestinian officials said Saturday as tens of thousands flocked to celebrate in the birthplace of Jesus.
 
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Airport Christmas for Europe's stranded travellers

Hundreds of travellers trapped by icy weather spent Christmas Day queuing for flights in Europe on Saturday after sleeping on camp beds overnight in Paris and Brussels airports.

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Canada

Veronica Sullivan, right, and her soldier husband, Paul Sullivan.

Soldiers' homecoming 'the perfect Christmas gift'

CFB Petawawa's Afghan war finally came to a fitting end Friday in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve. The sprawling base, west of Ottawa, welcomed home the last 50 of its fighting soldiers sent to the “sandbox” of Afghanistan in a combat role. Some 40 soldiers from the base have perished over the years while serving in Afghanistan, a war that has taken a total of 154 Canadian lives.

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Police at the scene of an alleged shooting near 3932 Rundlehorn Drive N.E. in Calgary, Alberta Thursday, December 9, 2010.

Three vehicles exchange gunfire in Calgary's northeast

Police are investigating after shots were fired this evening in Calgary's northeast community of Rundle.


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